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US Senate confirms new Federal Reserve Board members
Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell secure bipartisan support from members of Congress to be confirmed for positions on Federal Reserve Board
ECB honours González-Páramo as police remove protestors
ECB holds event to celebrate work of José Manuel González-Páramo during his term as a member of the executive board on the same day a protest camp is cleared from outside the building
Central Bank of Ireland’s McMahon lands at UK accountancy firm
Former head of financial institutions at Central Bank of Ireland appointed global head of bank regulation and restructuring at accountancy firm, Mazars
FDIC announces departure of general counsel
Michael Krimminger set to leave Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation later this month; joins Washington, DC law firm
Have your say on the next governor of the BoE
CentralBanking.com is running a poll asking about the credentials Mervyn King’s successor should possess
Bank of Lithuania names Rūta Rodzko director of economics and financial stability
Restructuring at Bank of Lithuania sees Rūta Rodzko appointed to lead new economics and financial stability service
Netherlands Bank appoints new chair of supervisory board
Alexander Rinnooy Kan to take office on July 1; replaces Fokko van Duyne, who has served maximum allowed term
New deputy enforcement head at SEC
New York office chief George Canellos moves to Washington, DC
Mowry promoted to head IT division at Fed
Sharon Mowry named director of information technology and chief information officer at US Federal Reserve
Central Bank of Nigeria embroiled in plagiarism row
Central Bank of Nigeria responds to reports of legal action regarding plagiarism in public addresses given by governor Sanusi; stresses strict ethical standards are adhered to in preparing papers
Norges Bank promotes two new executive directors
Norwegian central bank announces who will fill the top roles in two of the three new core function departments after June 1
Malawi president axes central bank governor
Joyce Banda selects chief executive of a telecoms company to head the central bank
Shirakawa pays respects to former Bank of Japan governor
Masaaki Shirakawa remembers former governor Yasushi Mieno who passed away in April; calls him a man of “courage and thoughtfulness”
SNB unveils new governing board
Swiss National Bank confirms Thomas Jordan as chairman of the governing board; plans for stricter rules governing private financial transactions by SNB staff are also revealed
Hoenig joins FDIC board
Former Kansas City Fed president Thomas Hoenig joins the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nigerian central bank adds new departments
Central Bank of Nigeria creates new departments to 'enhance operations'; three new female directors appointed
HKMA settles on staff pay increase
Hong Kong Monetary Authority decides to raise staff wages by more than 5%; constitutes a larger increase than was awarded in 2011
New Estonian governor sees pay scheme altered
Bank of Estonia Supervisory Board simplifies governor pay structure; removes "monthly supplementary allowances or compensations"
Riksbank chooses new deputy head of monetary policy department
Christina Nyman becomes deputy head of monetary policy department; will lead the work of preparing the Riksbank’s Monetary Policy Report
Kuwait selects new governor from outside country's ruling family
Mohammed Al-Hashel takes over as governor; has been acting governor since Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al-Sabah’s resignation last month
Bernanke pays homage to predecessors
Chairman of the Federal Reserve remembers achievements of Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan as he delivers second lecture to students
RBA appoints new head of research
Alexandra Heath selected as head of economic research department at Reserve Bank of Australia
Norges Bank announces operational changes
Norwegian central bank to create third core function department; new structure to come into effect at beginning of June
Sarb seeks nominations for board of directors
South African Reserve Bank announces procedure for replacing retiring member of board of directors